[jseaclark]

My Kenmore Coldspot has stopped making ice. The water dispenser is working fine so getting water doesn't seem to be the problem. We changed the water filter and that has not helped. Just inside the freezer door where the button is to turn on and off the ice maker a red light is flashing. Does anyone know what the flashing red light means?

[PS Volunteer - Appguy]

Flashing lite means problems with the sensing pc boards. Look behind the kick panel under the refrigerator door for the service info sheet. It will give diagnostic info for these boards

[thespider]

Originally Posted by jseaclark

My Kenmore Coldspot has stopped making ice. The water dispenser is working fine so getting water doesn't seem to be the problem. We changed the water filter and that has not helped. Just inside the freezer door where the button is to turn on and off the ice maker a red light is flashing. Does anyone know what the flashing red light means?

I just had a tech come to my fridge for this issue. Turns out it's happening a lot. the tube that delivers water to the icemaker freezes over. using some hot water and a squirt bottle with a tube about 6-8 inches long will melt the ice and return it to working order 95% of the time. there is a black tube to the right of the ice maker on the roof of the freezer, if you squirt the hot water there, it should fix it, again 95% of the time.

[thespider]

Originally Posted by jseaclark

My Kenmore Coldspot has stopped making ice. The water dispenser is working fine so getting water doesn't seem to be the problem. We changed the water filter and that has not helped. Just inside the freezer door where the button is to turn on and off the ice maker a red light is flashing. Does anyone know what the flashing red light means?

Sorry, also the red light means that the door is open and not to make ice. if you hit the big white switch to the left of the door (hinges area), the light switches to solid red. this tells the ice maker to start making ice. the little holes under the red light are sensors that tell the icemaker when it's full if you put your hand in front of it, the red light flashes again. so, it should be fine, don't worry about the red light

[thespider]

Here is my PM to derkel1, I posted it here to share with the community.


Hi, I'll try to help as best as I can. The technician did the flushing, but I tried to watch close.

I have included a couple pictures to try to help illustrate what he did. I don't have the bottle or tube, so I will try to explain those first.

The bottle was a little 6-8 oz bottle that had a screw top and an attachment for a tube. The tube was small, probably only a 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide and about a foot to a foot and a half long. it had a red cap at one end and was kinda stiff for a tube. I think that it may have also been used to flush out anti-freeze or things of that nature.

The bottle was filled with luke warm water and slide into the black tube at the top, right, front of the freezer. Before doing this he took off the ice maker and the ice maker cover. The ice maker cover comes off by lifting it up and pushing it to the right, the pegs come out of the holes then. The ice maker is removed by one bolt at the bottom of the ice maker.

Once the icemaker is moved out of the way, you can easliy feed the tube into the black hose and turn the bottle upside down to push the warm water into the hose. It should then melt any ice and it should all come draining out. Keep a dish underneath the hose to catch the water and (hopefully) the ice that was blocking the hose.

Re-assemble and wait a few hours to see if your making ice again!

This is the Black tube to insert the hot water tube into!


This is the bolt to remove to take out the ice maker! It's right above my beer glass

[thespider]

Hi, I'll try to help as best as I can. The technician did the flushing, but I tried to watch close.

I have included a couple pictures to try to help illustrate what he did. I don't have the bottle or tube, so I will try to explain those first.

The bottle was a little 6-8 oz bottle that had a screw top and an attachment for a tube. The tube was small, probably only a 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide and about a foot to a foot and a half long. it had a red cap at one end and was kinda stiff for a tube. I think that it may have also been used to flush out anti-freeze or things of that nature.

The bottle was filled with luke warm water and slide into the black tube at the top, right, front of the freezer. Before doing this he took off the ice maker and the ice maker cover. The ice maker cover comes off by lifting it up and pushing it to the right, the pegs come out of the holes then. The ice maker is removed by one bolt at the bottom of the ice maker.

Once the icemaker is moved out of the way, you can easliy feed the tube into the black hose and turn the bottle upside down to push the warm water into the hose. It should then melt any ice and it should all come draining out. Keep a dish underneath the hose to catch the water and (hopefully) the ice that was blocking the hose.

Re-assemble and wait a few hours to see if your making ice again!

This is the Black tube to insert the hot water tube into!


This is the bolt to remove to take out the ice maker! It's right above my beer glass